RCE (Remote Code Execution) org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-script Dependency in Jira Software Data Center and Server

This High severity org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-script Dependency vulnerability was introduced in versions 8.20.0, 8.22.0, 9.0.0, 9.1.0, 9.2.0, 9.3.0, 9.4.0, 9.5.0, 9.6.0, and 9.7.0 of Jira Software Data Center and Server.

This org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik-script Dependency vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 7.5 and a CVSS Vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N allows an unauthenticated attacker to expose assets in your environment susceptible to exploitation which has high impact to confidentiality, no impact to integrity, no impact to availability, and requires no user interaction.

Atlassian recommends that Jira Software Data Center and Server customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions:

||Affected versions||Fixed versions||
|9.7.0 to 9.7.2|9.12.5 LTS Recommended or 9.8.0|
|9.6.0|9.12.5 LTS Recommended or 9.8.0|
|9.5.0 to 9.5.1|9.12.5 LTS Recommended or 9.8.0|
|9.4.0 to 9.4.15 LTS|9.12.5 LTS Recommended or 9.8.0 or 9.4.16 LTS|
|9.3.0 to 9.3.3|9.12.5 LTS Recommended or 9.8.0 or 9.4.16 LTS|
|9.2.0 to 9.2.1|9.12.5 LTS Recommended or 9.8.0 or 9.4.16 LTS|
|9.1.0 to 9.1.1|9.12.5 LTS Recommended or 9.8.0  or 9.4.16 LTS|
|9.0.0|9.12.5 LTS Recommended or 9.8.0 or 9.4.16 LTS|
|Any earlier versions|9.12.5 LTS Recommended or 9.8.0 or 9.4.16 LTS|

See the release notes ([https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/download-archives]). You can download the latest version of Jira Software Data Center and Server from the download center ([https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/download-archives]).

The National Vulnerability Database provides the following description for this vulnerability: A vulnerability in Batik of Apache XML Graphics allows an attacker to run Java code from untrusted SVG via JavaScript. This issue affects Apache XML Graphics prior to 1.16. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.16.